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+#title: A-scan from a metal cylinder buried in a dielectric half-space
+#domain: 0.240 0.190 0.002
+#dx_dy_dz: 0.002 0.002 0.002
+#time_window: 3e-9
+#time_step_limit_type: 2D
+#pml_cells: 10 10 0 10 10 0
+
+#material: 6 0 1 0 half_space
+
+#python:
+print('#waveform: ricker {} 1.5e9 my_ricker'.format(rickeramp))
+#end_python:
+
+#hertzian_dipole: z 0.100 0.170 0 my_ricker
+#rx: 0.140 0.170 0 myRx Ez
+
+#box: 0 0 0 0.240 0.170 0.002 half_space
+#cylinder: 0.120 0.080 0 0.120 0.080 0.002 0.010 pec
+
+geometry_view: 0 0 0 0.240 0.190 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 cylinder_half_space n
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